Former All Saints tell all

Former All Saints Nicole and Natalie Appleton have signed a lucrative deal to publish their autobiography - and have promised to spill the beans on their past and present boyfriends, it has been announced.

The girls also vowed to tell all about the recent split in the All Saints, which has all but spelled the end for the band, which sold more than 10 million albums worldwide.

Publishers, Penguin snapped up the book after seeing a 75-page synopsis, and claim it will be one of the most candid and revealing celebrity autobiographies of recent years.

It will focus particularly on the sister's years with chart-topping foursome All Saints, and their string of celebrity boyfriends, including Robbie Williams and Jamie Theakston.

Tom Weldon, publishing director of Penguin, said he had been very excited by the synopsis which he had seen.

'This is the frankest proposal for an autobiography I have ever read. Some of the stories the Appletons are going to tell are breath-takingly candid. This is a book about what it is really like to live on Planet Fame,' he said.

The book is set to be published in autumn 2001 and will feature Nicole's pregnancy with Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and her sister's relationship with Prodigy star Liam Howlett.

Mr Weldon added: 'It is quite unlike any other celebrity autobiography published in the last few years.'